To: | Luminar Technologies, Inc. (efiling@knobbe.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88519944 - IRIS - LUMNR.024T |
Sent: | October 08, 2019 03:13:41 PM |
Sent As: | ecom101@uspto.gov |
Attachments: | Attachment - 1 Attachment - 2 |
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Office Action (Official Letter) About Applicant’s Trademark Application
U.S. Application Serial No. 88519944
Mark: IRIS
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Correspondence Address: KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR, LLP
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Applicant: Luminar Technologies, Inc.
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Reference/Docket No. LUMNR.024T
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The USPTO must receive applicant’s response to this letter within six months of the issue date below or the application will be abandoned. Respond using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS). A link to the appropriate TEAS response form appears at the end of this Office action.
Issue date: October 08, 2019
The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney. Applicant must respond timely and completely to the issue(s) below. 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62, 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
The trademark examining attorney has searched the USPTO’s database of registered and pending marks and has found no similar registered marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d). TMEP §704.02; see 15 U.S.C. §1052(d). However, a mark in a prior-filed pending application may present a bar to registration of applicant’s mark.
Application Not Entitled to Register – Prior Pending Application
In response to this Office action, applicant may present arguments in support of registration by addressing the issue of the potential conflict between applicant’s mark and the mark in the referenced application. Applicant’s election not to submit arguments at this time in no way limits applicant’s right to address this issue later if a refusal under Section 2(d) issues.
Identification of Goods – Clarification Required – Class 009
Applicant may substitute the following wording, if accurate:
“Lidar apparatus; [insert clarification of “Lidar sensors,” e.g., electric sensors for light detection]; [insert type of “Computer software,” e.g., Recorded computer software] for use in navigating vehicles; [insert type of “Computer software,” e.g., Recorded computer software] [insert clarification of “for use with autonomous vehicles,” e.g., for use in operating autonomous vehicles]; [insert type of “Computer software,” e.g., Recorded computer software] for creating highly realistic virtual simulation environments for use in navigating vehicles; [insert type of “Computer software,” e.g., Recorded computer software] for creating highly realistic virtual simulation environments for use with autonomous vehicles; Computer hardware, [insert clarification of “sensors and software,” e.g., electric sensors, and recorded computer software] for vision and perception for use in navigating vehicles; Computer hardware, [insert clarification of “sensors and software,” e.g., electric sensors, and recorded computer software] for vision and perception for use with autonomous vehicles, in International Class 009.”
For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and services in trademark applications, please see the USPTO’s online searchable U.S. Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual. See TMEP §1402.04.
TEAS PLUS OR TEAS REDUCED FEE (TEAS RF) APPLICANTS – TO MAINTAIN LOWER FEE, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET, INCLUDING SUBMITTING DOCUMENTS ONLINE: Applicants who filed their application online using the lower-fee TEAS Plus or TEAS RF application form must (1) file certain documents online using TEAS, including responses to Office actions (see TMEP §§819.02(b), 820.02(b) for a complete list of these documents); (2) maintain a valid e-mail correspondence address; and (3) agree to receive correspondence from the USPTO by e-mail throughout the prosecution of the application. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.22(b), 2.23(b); TMEP §§819, 820. TEAS Plus or TEAS RF applicants who do not meet these requirements must submit an additional processing fee of $125 per class of goods and/or services. 37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(1)(v), 2.22(c), 2.23(c); TMEP §§819.04, 820.04. However, in certain situations, TEAS Plus or TEAS RF applicants may respond to an Office action by authorizing an examiner’s amendment by telephone or e-mail without incurring this additional fee.
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action
/Andrew Rhim/
Examining Attorney
United States Patent & Trademark Office
Law Office 101
(571) 272-9711
andrew.rhim@uspto.gov
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